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dated 2/28/04 10:49:26 PM Pacific Standard Time, pianolover88@hotmail.com wr=
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LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I've never had to remove an=
upright hammer rail...until now. I cannot
<BR>figure out HOW to remove it without bending or just plain PULLING out at=
<BR>least one of those retainer "L" shaped thingees that it moves back and f=
orth
<BR>on. On this particular piano, two go one way and the third goes the othe=
r,
<BR>"locking" it into place. I'm trying to figure out how to remove the the
<BR>third one, so then the rail will simply slide out, but I can't move the =
rail
<BR>even a little ways, to unscrew it; I know there must be a way but =
i don't
<BR>see it. Any ideas? thanks!</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" BACK="#fffff=
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<BR>Terry,
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<BR>I removed one...by accident! I picked up the action by the hammer =
rail and voila: the action fell to the ground, leaving little bits of sticke=
rs and whippens scattered all over the place.
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<BR>Not the recommended way of doing it....:-(
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<BR>Dave Stahl
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